Science Myths Quiz
Seasons, gravity and things we touch every day. Twelve science myths to test with a little reasoning.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
A familiar claim is not always a good explanation. Start with the sky, enter the laboratory and reach everyday phenomena. Solutions explain which conditions make an answer valid.
Tap to make each choice. Your result is free.
An original popular-science quiz. Questions state relevant conditions; the result measures only your answers here, not IQ or scientific aptitude.
The world behind the story
NASA — what causes the seasons ↗NASA — Moon phases and far side ↗NASA — the hammer and feather drop ↗National Weather Service — lightning myths ↗NASA — microgravity and free fall ↗OpenStax — sound and electromagnetic waves ↗OpenStax — mass and weight ↗OpenStax — magnets and poles ↗OpenStax — temperature and touch ↗OpenStax — pressure and boiling ↗National Weather Service — how thunder forms ↗How this quiz works
12 choices or questions, taking about 6 minutes to read and answer. Reading your result takes additional time, at your own pace.
At the end, you get your score and an explanation for every answer. The time is an estimate: there is no countdown.
Your answers stay in the page’s memory. Read how the results are created.